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Judith E. French
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Hautman, Pete, 1952-
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Topics: Lottery winners, Runaway husbands
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Mary Pyefinch
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Topics: SQL (Computer program language), Relational databases.
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Allen, John Logan, 1941-
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-180) and geographic index
Topics: Atlases, Geography, Atlases, Geography
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Rubin, Harriet, 1952-
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Topics: Career development, Career changes, Self-perception, Self-actualization (Psychology), Self-employed
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P. Cochrane
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Topics: Technological forecasting., Technology -- Social aspects.
"Based on a Master's Thesis by Catherine M. Mowat, University of Calgary" -- t.p
Topics: Natural areas, Ecological surveys, Conservation of natural resources, Public lands
1 folded sheet (6 p.) : 28 cm
Topics: School facilities -- Illinois -- Evaluation, School buildings -- Illinois -- Maintenance and...
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Naidoo, Beverley
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Acknowledgments -- Gift from God being a street child -- Runaway -- Hillbrow -- First earnings -- Empty pockets -- Drifting -- Under the night sky -- Test for Sipho -- Rosebank -- Night attack -- Shelter in a doorway -- Danny's den -- Warm bed -- World away -- On edge -- Friendship -- Accused! -- No turning back -- Garbage can -- It's okay to cry -- Facing up to questions -- Rubble and ash -- We are the future ... -- Dreams -- Glossary
Topics: South Africa, People & Places - United States - Other, Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Children's...
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Zeidner, Lisa
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Depressed by her child's death and her husband's infidelity, saleswoman Claire Newbold takes a holiday by disappearing. The novel describes her homeless existence and her affairs until she returns to husband and job. By the author of Limited Partnerships
Topic: Businesswomen
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George Zebrowski
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Topics: Asteroids -- Fiction, Prisons -- Fiction
v. : 28 cm
Topics: United States Forest Service Northern Region Periodicals, United States Forest Service Northern...
xxviii, 453 p. : 28 cm
Topic: Natural resources Law and legislation United States States
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Bruno E
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Tracklist: 1. 1st Grito 2. I Don't Mind 3. Embolada Das Meninas 4. O Sertão 5. Pilantra 6. Mr. Pharmacist 7. Fatos 8. The Silence Of The Wolves 9. S.Paulo 10. A Sereia No Mar 11. Diamond Larmes 12. Punk
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New Jersey Militia
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Newsletter of the New Jersey Militia
Topics: Liberty, Constitution, Bill of Rights, unorganized militia, militia movement, patriot movement, 3%,...
Traditionally, military planners have viewed cities as centers of gravity. Cities are population centers, transportation hubs, seats of government, sources of wealth, centers for industry, and key nodes for communication and information networks. These characteristics are likely to remain as important in the future as they have been throughout history, and will perhaps grow even more important as human society becomes increasingly reliant upon the technologies which are the trademark of city...
Topics: DTIC Archive, MARINE CORPS COMBAT DEVELOPMENT COMMAND QUANTICO VA, *MILITARY OPERATIONS, *URBAN...
Planners of stabilization or restoration w projects should consider the benefits of irrigation systems to reduce the risk of plant S material loss to drought (Figure 1). pi Reestablishment of vegetation lost to in drought is very costly and, lacking good root establishment, the performance of the ui stabilization or restoration project may be compromised. Irrigation is typically required pi only in the first one or two growing seasons; tE thus, systems that can be removed and reused for other...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fischenich, Craig, ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS ENGINEER...
Much has been said about the need to use holistic perspectives that consider the entire watershed when contemplating stream restoration options. Unfortunately, political, programmatic, and jurisdictional boundaries seldom correspond with watershed boundaries and restoration projects focus on specific sites. Without a comprehensive reach or watershed assessment, selected restoration measures often ignore undeflying problems at a broader scale and are either ineffective or not cost-effective...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Fischenich, Craig, ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS...
This report summarizes efforts undertaken during the 1998-99 program year and includes a survey of the field of computational mechanics, a discussion of biomimetics and intelligent simulation, a survey of the field of biomimetics, an illustration of biomimetics and computational mechanics through the example of the high performance composite tensile structure. In addition, the preliminary results of a state-of-the art survey of composite materials technology is presented.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION, MATERIALS SCIENCE, SURVEYS, VIRTUAL...
A high data rate laser transmitter assembly (LTA) has been designed as the source for an optical free-space communication link between the International Space Station and the 1-meter Optical Communication Telescope Laboratory (OCTL) to be built at the Table Mountain Facility (IMF, Wrightwood, CA). The transmitter design concept uses a fiber-based master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) configuration with an average output power of 200 made at a 1550 nm transmit wavelength. This transmitter...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), OPTICAL COMMUNICATION, POWER AMPLIFIERS, SPACECRAFT...
A real-time system for power-down control in audio/video components is modeled and verified using the real-time model checker UPPAAL. The system is supposed to reside in an audio/video component and control (read from and write to) links to neighbor audio/video components such as TV, VCR and remote-control. In particular, the system is responsible for the powering up and down of the component in between the arrival of data, and in order to do so in a safe way without loss of data, it is...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), PROGRAM VERIFICATION (COMPUTERS), PROVING, CONTROLLERS,...
The radar flies at 8000 m (24000 ft) above the ground and collects data in swath about 10 km wide. The radar simultaneously collects data from multiple frequencies and is capable of making interferometric radar measurements.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), RADAR DATA, RAIN FORESTS, DATA ACQUISITION, RADAR...
Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses were followed in 16 Antarctic expeditioners during winter-over isolation at two Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition stations. Delayed-type hypersensitivity skin testing was used as an indicator of the CMI response, which was evaluated two times before winter isolation and three times during isolation. At all five evaluation times, 8 or more of the 16 subjects had a diminished. CMI response....
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), VIRUSES, DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID, EXPEDITIONS, PHYSIOLOGICAL...
This paper presents viewgraphs on Plastic Encapsulated Microcircuits (PEMs). Different approaches are addressed to ensure good performance and reliability of PEMs. The topics include: 1) Mitigating Risk; and 2) Program results.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ENCAPSULATED MICROCIRCUITS, TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION, PLASTICS,...
This paper gives an overview of GXD, a framework facilitating publication and use of data from diverse data sources. GXD defines an object-oriented data model designed to represent a wide range of things including data, its metadata, resources and query results. GXD also defines a data transport language. a dialect of XML, for representing instances of the data model. This language allows for a wide range of data source implementations by supporting both the direct incorporation of data and the...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER PROGRAMS, OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING, CLIENT SERVER...
We present an HPF (High Performance Fortran) implementation of ARC3D code along with the profiling and performance data on SGI Origin 2000. Advantages and limitations of HPF as a parallel programming language for CFD applications are discussed. For achieving good performance results we used the data distributions optimized for implementation of implicit and explicit operators of the solver and boundary conditions. We compare the results with MPI and directive based implementations.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), FORTRAN, PARALLEL PROGRAMMING, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING, COMPUTER...
Space-filling curves is a popular approach based on a geometric embedding for linearizing computational meshes. We present a new O(n log n) combinatorial algorithm for constructing a self avoiding walk through a two dimensional mesh containing n triangles. We show that for hierarchical adaptive meshes, the algorithm can be locally adapted and easily parallelized by taking advantage of the regularity of the refinement rules. The proposed approach should be very useful in the runtime partitioning...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ALGORITHMS, UNSTRUCTURED GRIDS (MATHEMATICS), COMBINATORIAL...
The idea of "hyperspace" is suggested as a possible approach to faster-than-light (FTL) motion. A brief summary of a 1986 study on the Euclidean representation of space-time by the author is presented. Some new calculations on the relativistic momentum and energy of a free particle in Euclidean "hyperspace" are now added and discussed. The superimposed Energy-Momentum curves for subluminal particles, tachyons, and particles in Euclidean "hyperspace" are presented....
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), HYPERSPACES, RELATIVISTIC EFFECTS, TACHYONS, EUCLIDEAN...
Parallel computers built out of mass-market parts are cost-effectively performing data processing and simulation tasks. The Supercomputing (now known as "SC") series of conferences celebrated its 10th anniversary last November. While vendors have come and gone, the dominant paradigm for tackling big problems still is a shared-resource, commercial supercomputer. Growing numbers of users needing a cheaper or dedicated-access alternative are building their own supercomputers out of...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), COMPUTER NETWORKS, LOW COST, PARALLEL COMPUTERS, PERSONAL...
The launch of the first Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) on the NOAA-15 spacecraft on 13 May 1998 marked a significant advance in our ability to monitor global temperatures. Compared to the Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) flying since 1978 on the TIROS-N series of NOAA polar orbiters, the AMSU offers better horizontal, vertical, and radiometric resolutions. It will allow routine monitoring of 1 1 (mostly) separate layers, compared to 2 or 3 with the MSU, including layers in the middle and...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), TEMPERATURE CONTROL, RADIOMETERS, CORRECTION, ADVANCED...
The most important activity during this reporting period was the calibration of the AXAF High Resolution Mirror Assembly (HRMA) and the analysis of the copious data which were obtained during that project. The calibration was highly successful, and will result in the AXAF being by far the best calibrated X-ray observatory ever flown, and more accurate results by all of its users. This period also included participation in the spacecraft alignment and assembly activities and final flight...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CALIBRATING, TELESCOPES, ALIGNMENT, HIGH RESOLUTION, X RAY...
For propulsion applications that require that the propellants are storable for long periods, have a high density impulse, and are environmentally clean and non-toxic, the best choice is a combination of high-concentration hydrogen peroxide (High Test Peroxide, or HTP) and a liquid hydrocarbon (LHC) fuel. The HTP/LHC combination is suitable for low-cost launch vehicles, space taxi and space maneuvering vehicles, and kick stages. Orbital Sciences Corporation is under contract with the NASA...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), LIQUID FUELS, UPPER STAGE ROCKET ENGINES, FLIGHT TESTS,...
Since 1969 expeditions from Japan, the United States, and European countries have recovered more than 20,000 meteorite specimens from remote ice fields of Antarctica. They represent approximately 4000-6000 distinct falls, more than all non-Antarctic meteorite falls and finds combined. Recently many meteorite specimens of a new "population" have become available: meteorites from hot deserts. It turned out that suitable surfaces in hot deserts, like the Sahara in Africa, the Nullarbor...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DESERTS, EXTRATERRESTRIAL MATTER, ANTARCTIC REGIONS,...
Carbonados are porous polycrystalline (with crystal sizes up to 100 micrometer) diamonds. Carbonado is found only in alluvial deposits in Bahia, Brazil and in the Central African Republic (CAR). Alluvial deposit host is 1.5 Ga while the carbonados are between 2.6 - 3.8 Ga. The process of fusing the carbonado microcrystals together is not fully understood, partly due to fact that the origin of these carbonado, is not known. Several modes of origins are proposed for carbonado. First, a crustal...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), DIAMONDS, MAGNETIC PROPERTIES, POLYCRYSTALS, POROSITY,...
This paper describes the application of Artificial Intelligence planning techniques to the problem of antenna track plan generation for a NASA Deep Space Communications Station. Me described system enables an antenna communications station to automatically respond to a set of tracking goals by correctly configuring the appropriate hardware and software to provide the requested communication services. To perform this task, the Automated Scheduling and Planning Environment (ASPEN) has been...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, DECISION MAKING, GENETIC ALGORITHMS,...
Nanomechanics of single-wall C, BN and BC$_3$ and B doped C nanotubes under axial compression and tension are investigated through a generalized tight-binding molecular dynamics (GTBMD) and {\it ab-initio} electronic structure methods. The dynamic strength of BN, BC$_3$ and B doped C nanotubes for small axial strain are comparable to each other. The main difference is in the critical strain at which structural collapse occurs. For example, even a shallow doping with B lowers the value of...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CARBON NANOTUBES, MECHANICAL PROPERTIES, MOLECULAR DYNAMICS,...
In response to a legislative mandate, this report examines the ways in which migrant students are served in schoolwide program schools and the involvement of migrant representatives and migrant program staff in the schoolwide process. A survey was sent to a nationally representative sample (696) of the 2,770 Title I schools that implemented the schoolwide program option and also served migrant students in 1996-97. Responses were received from 597 schools. Case studies were conducted in 25...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Ancillary School Services, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational...
This annual report of the Digital Library Federation describes projects initiated in response to the following program priorities: (1) focus attention on libraries of materials that are born digital, including a social science data workshop and guides to quality in visual resource imaging; (2) integrate digital materials into the fabric of academic life, including academic image exchange, authorization systems, reference linking, and distributed finding aids; (3) stimulate the development of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Internet,...
Presents the story of a community that, with the support of the researcher, endeavored to peel back the layers of debris that had muffled their voices. This constructed debris--social, physical, cultural, and historical--served to reproduce the power of the other through processes of false consciousness. (Author/CCM)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Community Development, Environmental Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Popular...
Presents a psychosocial process of dropping out at the college level. This process is analyzed through three periods comprising eight regressive steps induced by mutual maladaptation between the students and the CEGEP. However, post-dropout period is a moratorium during which integration and self-reactualization take place. (Author/MKA)
Topics: ERIC Archive, College Environment, College Students, Dropouts, Higher Education, Student...
Reviews feminist thought that promotes consideration of women's ways of thinking and learning. Suggests ways to include this perspective in technology education: restructuring subject matter, revising language, creating a human classroom, and integrating cognitive and affective learning. (SK)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Educational Environment, Feminism, Learning...
This paper discusses logic puzzles, often used with students in the mathematics classroom, in the context of foreign language education, highlighting them as tools for individual or class practice in a problem-based learning environment that combines challenges and entertainment. Benefits of logic puzzles in the foreign language classroom include helping students develop higher order thinking skills and repetition of words and sentence segments in a limited, well-defined context and at a...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Logical Thinking, Problem Based...
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Environmental Conservation Organization
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Eco Logic
Topics: Liberty, patriot movement, alternative media, anti-establishment, mind control, alternative energy,...
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The Mahoning County Medical Society
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The Mahoning County Medical Society Bulletin (1999:Spr.)
Topics: Medicine, Periodicals, Ohio
The long-term objective of this research was an understanding of the wind-forced ocean circulation, particularly for the Pacific Ocean. To determine the ocean's response to the winds, we first needed to generate accurate maps of wind stress. For the ocean's response to wind stress we examined the sea surface height (SSH) both from altimeters and from numerical models for the Pacific Ocean.
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION, OCEAN SURFACE, PACIFIC OCEAN, SEA...
The MIT group participated in seven publications in the 1999 issues of JGR with sections devoted in PEM-Tropics A, and had two papers which may be considered offshoots of these studies combined with commercial aircraft trace constituents data, one in Nature and one in EOS. In the meteorological overview we contributed a set of 1000 hPa divergent wind maps which we calculated from ECMWF data, meridional wind cross-sections, velocity potential and divergent wind maps, maps of stream function and...
Topics: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION, AIR MASSES, HUMIDITY, MASS...
The Bullet is the student newspaper at the University of Mary Washington. The paper began publication in 1921 and currently continues to be published by UMW students. It ceased publication for a short time at the end of the 1923-24 academic year but began publication again in 1927. Unfortunately, none of the 1921, 1924, or 1927 issues have been located. This version of the Bullet is digitized from microfilm copies of the original newspapers. Thus, page duplication does occur randomly to provide...
Topics: The Bullet, University of Mary Washington, Mary Washington College, College student newspapers and...
This theme issue reviews the advantages and disadvantages of testing. Both activists and researchers seem to agree that tests measure a limited range of skills and that test preparation alone does not improve teaching or learning. There is also substantial agreement among researchers and activists opposed to widespread test use that no single measure, including test scores, provides a reliable or fair basis for making decisions about children's education. Some of the problems posed by...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary...
In 1997 the Nevada State Legislature approved Assembly Bill 606 (AB606), which appropriated funds to the University and Community College System of Nevada (UCCSN) for the purchase of computer hardware and software, and communication services. In July of that year, the K-16 Partnership for Distance Learning adopted three priorities that have guided the development of plans for the use of AB606 funds: (1) To increase access of public elementary and secondary students to Internet resources and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, College Role, Community Colleges, Distance Education,...
The revised approach to teaching and learning math in the United States emphasizes the mental processes involved in doing math and focuses partly on children's prior knowledge, out-of-school experiences, and informal mathematics knowledge. This engaging approach can function to encourage children to select one of the mathematical sciences as an occupation. This digest describes several conditions that are necessary before this can occur. Some factors that must be present include an increased...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Counseling Objectives, Educational Counseling,...
